Veil-fastener



UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

LOTTIE M. GRAHAM, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

VElL-FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 554,059, dated February 4, 1896.

Application filed November 30, 1895. Serial No. 570,681. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOTTIE M. GRAHAM, of Dayton, county of Montgomery, State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Veil-Fasteners; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in veil fasteners or clasps.

The invention has reference to a device in form of a brooch to be worn on the back of a ladys hat for the purpose of securing a veil and for the purpose of ornamentation.

The invention has for its object to provide a separate clasp for each end of the veil, which makes it decidedly more convenient and less troublesome to secure the veil.

In a detailed description of the invention reference is had to the accompanying drawings, of which Figure 1 is a rear View of a ladys head and shoulders. My improved clasp is attached to the hat and secures the veil. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the clasp detached from the hat. Fig. 3 is a side elevation. Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation on the line 00 0c of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is an end view.

In a detailed description similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The clasp, which may be of any ornamental design that the eye may fancy or the taste and thus the device becomes secured'to said hat.

f designates a plate-spring secured to the center of the base portion and inclosed between the flanges b, so that it is invisible.

The ends 6 e of this spring curve upwardly and are reduced in diameter and project beyond the ends of the clasp.

0 and 0 designate two clamps that have each two downwardly-projecting flanges i 2'. The edges of these flanges taper in an opposite direction from the inclination of the edges of the flanges c c of the base. these clamps 0 0 has a tongue 8 s, that is hinged to a pivot-pin t, that is rigidly secured in the upwardly-curved ends a a of the base. The tongues s s are in contact with the extreme ends e e of the spring f. Thereby the said clamps are maintained in contact with the base, as is shown in Fig. 3. The ends of the veil are caught between the said clamps and the base and there securely held. In securing the veil each clamp is raised, as shown in Fig. 4:, against the tension of the spring and the ends of the veil placed thereunder. The meeting edges of the clamps s s and the base a, are preferably rounded, in order that they may not cut the veil, or the edges of said clampsmay be inclosed by the edges of the part a, in which event the veil would not be held between the edges of said parts, but said veil would be pressed into the hollow between the flanges c c of said base portion. In either event the said veil will be securely held.

Having described my invention, I claim- A clasp comprising the hollow base portion a provided with upwardly and downwardly projecting flanges b and c, a flat spring f secured to the bottom of said base between the flanges b, and having its ends curved and projecting beyond the ends of said part a, clamps 0 and 0 having tongues s s hinged to the outer ends of said base a and each adapted to open outwardly from the center thereof, the said tongues being in contact with the ends of the spring f, and prongs projecting from the base a, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 26th day of November, 1895.

LOTTIE M. GRAHAM. Witnesses:

RICHARD J. MOCARTY, B. MCCARTY.

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